The Canada paradox: The public-private divide in health insurance and pensions

Public and Private Social Policy: Health and Pension Policies in a New Era

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 92-122

  Boychuk, Gerard W ^a   Banting, Keith G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230228771     Document Type: Chapter

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